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The county executive said he has directed staff to “begin the process to pass a local law” barring collection of such data. If passed, the county would likely be in the vanguard on biometric data oversight. -
Plus, New Mexico has launched its three-year broadband plan, North Carolina has debuted a program to expand Internet access in rural communities, a report shows progress on broadband expansion, and more.
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The current law, adopted last year with bipartisan support, prohibits students through eighth grade from accessing personal electronic devices — including tablets — during the school day.
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The Tesla car is recognized as a revolutionary vehicle when it comes to self-driving capabilities, but an automatic braking issue has drawn the attention of the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Consumers would gain greater control over their personal information and be able to demand that data controllers and processors not sell their data under a Republican proposal with bipartisan support.
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A Florida bill would allow gas stations to be more competitive in the electric vehicle charging market by making it illegal for investor-owned utilities to pass the cost of EV charging infrastructure to their customers.
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Maryland's Democratic lawmakers are pushing to revise and clarify public records laws in an attempt to retrieve Gov. Larry Hogan's text messages with staff that were automatically deleted with an app.
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The efforts to extend language translation capabilities across all state websites that offer public services and COVID-19 information could be given more time by the state Legislature through a recent amendment.
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The Alabama House passed a bill this week that officials in county governments said was needed to help their efforts to deliver high-speed Internet to certain places where it’s not available.
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California legislators introduced a pair of bills Tuesday that are essentially designed to crack down on social media platforms and rogue doctors who spread false information about COVID-19 vaccines.
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One Ohio bill would allow private citizens to sue social media platforms for removing content, while another would only allow the state attorney general to file a lawsuit against a company for violating privacy.
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Washington state house and senate legislators are still deciding if, and in what specific form, to include the governor’s measure in their operating budgets for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
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After settling a similar Illinois lawsuit last year for $650 million, Facebook is again facing a legal challenge from a state for its use of facial recognition. This time it’s Texas that’s taking the fight to the company.
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In this week’s episode of “In Case You Missed It,” we take a look at how state and local governments are faring in comparison to private organizations in a new highly competitive labor market.
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The federal Emergency Broadband Benefit was supposed to help connect the unconnected. A new study shows that the program didn't achieve this goal, but local areas can help increase program participation.
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The Alabama Senate today passed three bills to promote the expansion of high-speed broadband Internet service across the state, the latest move in an effort that lawmakers have pursued for several years.
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The U.S. departments of transportation and energy have issued guidance to states as the government takes on the ambitious goal of building out a national electric vehicle charging network in the next five years.
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Over 3 million households across Texas lack broadband, with the situation being particularly concerning in the western and southern segments of the state and among Latino households.
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Maryland state Sen. Michael Hough blamed county officials Wednesday for their handling of a failed $30 billion proposal for Amazon Web Services to build data centers in multiple parts of the county.
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Elon Musk’s decision to move Tesla headquarters to Austin, Texas, may be the first sign that Silicon Valley will lose its monopoly on the big tech industry. Rising costs in California could be the main factor.
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Open source software underpins the nation’s digital infrastructure, Apache President David Nalley told senators. But efforts to keep it safe and patched need a boost — and the federal government can help.
